Policy
Article: Assessing learning outcomes of a role-playing simulation in international environmental [...]
American University School of International Service Professor Dr. Ken Conca and colleagues Dr. Abby Ostovar and Ratia Tekenet have taken role-playing simulations beyond fun and games (sorry, Dungeons and Dragons fans) and right into the classroom. Their new paper, “Assessing the Learning Outcomes of a Role-Playing Simulation in International Environmental Politics” discusses the shifts in […]Article: Accounting for Non-Economic Loss: Climate Displacement and the Meaningful Omission of the [...]
Dr. Robert Albro, Research Associate Professor in the American University Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, recently published a new article in the International Journal of Cultural Policy on the necessity of incorporating into loss-and-damage policy the intangible, non-economic loss of cultural heritage incurred as a result of climate displacement. Titled “Accounting for non-economic […]Article: Pathways for diversifying and enhancing science advocacy
Dr. Dana Fisher is the director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity at AU and a professor in the School of International Service. Her research focuses on democracy, activism, and climate politics, recently centering on climate protests and the Civilian Climate Corps. Dr. Fisher has authored over 75 research papers and has written […]Book: Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City
Dr. Malini Rangathan is an Associate Professor in the School of International Service at AU. With a background in political ecology and geography, she researches urban environmental justice and studies the economic and political drivers of environmental racism and environmental casteism. Particularly, she studies how caste and race have shaped water and sanitation access, climate […]Book: Advanced Introduction to Water Politics
American University School of International Service Professor Ken Conca has published a book on global water governance called Advanced Introduction to Water Politics. Accessible yet rigorous, this book starts by asking, “what makes water political?” It then dives into the deep importance of water in the daily lives of communities by discussing its intersections with […]